Polywords

Bale

Make as many words as you can from just nine letters. Can you beat our score?

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Bale

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A hay bale on farmland near Low Newton-by-the-Sea in Northumberland. Dunstanburgh Castle can be seen in the distance, two miles away across Embleton Bay.

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Introduction

A Polyword is a game with words and letters. Make words of four letters or more from the letters of a nine-letter word, using each letter only once. Include the highlighted letter in every word you make. Can you beat our score?

Tap on any letter to use it for your word. Remember to include the highlighted letter. To change the highlighted letter and get different words, click here.

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abed abet able ably alley ally bade badly bald baldly baldy bale baled ball balled ballet bally bayed bead beady beat beet belated belatedly belay belayed bell belle belly belt belted beta betel blade bleat bleated bled bleed byte dale dally date deal dealt debate debt delay dell delta elated eyeball eyed label labeled ladle lady late lately lead leat table tabled tale tall tally teal teed tell telly yell yelled
belated debate ballet alley label ladle delay dealt bleed table bleat blade tally telly belly belle lady yell late tell ably tall lead able tale ball deal eyed bead beat beet bale bell belt bald ally bled byte dale date debt
abed abet able ably alley ally bade badly bald baldly baldy bale baled ball balled ballet bally bayed bead beady beat beet belated belatedly belay belayed bell belle belly belt belted beta betel blade bleat bleated bled bleed byte dale dally date deal dealt debate debt delay dell delta elated eyeball eyed label labeled ladle lady late lately lead leat table tabled tale tall tally teal teed tell telly yell yelled

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Practice

Opposites Find in Think and Speak

Suggest words or phrases that seem opposite in meaning to each of the words below. We have suggested some possible answers; see if you can find any others.

This exercise uses words found in the accompanying puzzle.

1. Able. 2. Beat. 3. Beaten. 4. Late. 5. Later. 6. Lead.

Show Useful Words (A-Z order)

Variations: 1.instead of opposites, suggest words of similar meaning (synonyms). 2.use a word and its opposite in the same sentence. 3.suggest any 5 opposites formed by adding in-.

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